Just because I've done one doesn't mean I'm doneJust because I've done two doesn't mean I'm through

My name is Kevin Neumann. In 2008, after 10 years of being a runner, I did my first triathlon and was totally hooked. Shortly thereafter, I set the goal of becoming an Ironman by the time I turned 30. On September 11th, 2011, at the age of 28, I accomplished my goal and became an Ironman at Ironman Wisconsin. Once wasn't enough (it never is) and continued on to complete Ironman Mont Tremblant in 2012. The journey continues...

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Tour Withdrawal

The Tour de France wrapped last weekend and I am already feeling deprived on my daily cycling fix. Despite watching all but 3 of the stages, I didn’t post much about it. Two reasons for this. Number one, I didn’t want to ruin it for anyone who wasn’t able to watch it live. And number two, I wasted so much time watching the tour, that I ran out of time to write about it.

Nevertheless, I got hooked. My morning routine consisted of rolling out of bed, bringing my laptop into the living room and vegging out watching each stage while worked. At times, I would pause it while I needed to focus on a difficult problem. This allowed me to skip through some of the commercials. However, by skipping the commercials, I risked forgetting that Nissan (and the Nissan Leaf) was a premier sponsor. I think I saw Lance in that commercial more times than I saw him crash.

Despite Lance falling out of contention early and Andy Schleck coming up short in the end, I really enjoyed watching the tour. This year is actually the first time I have followed the tour more than simply following how Team Lance was doing. I was disappointed to see Contador win, but really wasn’t pulling for any one rider in particular.

The movie was pretty good actually and earned 7.7/10 stars on IMDB. It was funny to see how much cycling has evolved since the 70’s. It wasn’t until the first race scene where someone was actually wearing a bike helmet – if you can even call it that. It looked like someone wrapped a bike tube around the guy’s head. Definitely not CPSC approved. On top of the helmets, there weren’t any clipless pedals/shoes, no carbon, no lycra & jerseys. It sure made the sport seem a lot simpler and in some ways refreshing. It actually has me itching to take the old 1976 Fuji bike I started on out of retirement.